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Re: [T3] window rubber & seals


On 8 Sep 98, at 16:59, Allen Moore wrote:

>  Didn't Euro-spec Type 3's (those delivered in Europe) have the "Cal Look"
>  window rubbers on them and that the rubbers with the metal piece in it
>  was installed on cars destined for the US or Canada? 

I believe all of our cars were originally supplied with the brite 
trim around the windows.  So this is not properly referred to as 
"American Style."  Just the typical USA-centric view of things that 
some people here have.

>  What I meant by "Cal Look" was that they were simply black rubber sans
>  any additional adornment.

Which, in my opinion, was done to allow the use of a cheaper rubber 
extrusion and allow the deletion of hard-to-get and often beat up 
trim parts.

Jim
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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